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WINTER WONDERLAND (Nature's artwork in ice)
WINTER WONDERLAND (Nature's artwork in ice)
Brin


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Triptych (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: Challenges 2005
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Iceland
Date: Nov 8, 2005
Aperture: f11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160sec
Galleries: Black and White, Diptych / Triptych
Date Uploaded: Nov 13, 2005

 The subject in this image is a crack (split) in an icy surface which looked just like an old crooked tree and the spots are leaves frozen in the ice.
This triptych is made of two separate photos, which are taken in colour and converted into tritone. In the post processing in Photoshop I also cropped, cloned, increased the contrast a bit and used curves, dodge&burn and NoiseNinja.

Statistics
Place: 57 out of 234
Avg (all users): 6.0260
Avg (commenters): 7.9375
Avg (participants): 5.9268
Avg (non-participants): 6.1096
Views since voting: 1454
Views during voting: 500
Votes: 269
Comments: 20
Favorites: 5 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/09/2005 01:25:44 PM
Thanks a lot everyone for votes and comments - much appreciated!
 11/21/2005 02:35:50 AM
I'm REALLY surprised this moody, beautiful image finished so far down. I expected a better placing from it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/19/2005 10:02:38 PM
I love this. The black and white totally fits the cold/ice mood portrayed here. The borders between the shots could have been a bit larger even - but great capture.
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 11/19/2005 02:35:07 PM
It's like marble. Beautiful light.
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 11/19/2005 11:25:55 AM
I Ijust love this...so mysterious, there is this lovely conversation going on here...and the B & w was a perfect choice...well done.
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 11/18/2005 08:43:50 AM
Love this image. No clue how you did it but does that really matter? There is something wistful about it. 10
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 11/17/2005 11:38:11 PM
I enjoy the symmetry of this composition
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 11/17/2005 10:24:36 AM
great shots
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 11/17/2005 08:26:46 AM
I really like this. At first glance, it looks like two trees standing on a hill with the leaves blowing between. Then you read the title and realize what it really is. Very nice and Good Luck!
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 11/17/2005 03:52:59 AM
This is very intriguing, the tones are great,
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 11/16/2005 09:11:00 PM
Somehow it bothers me that you've simply used a reversed version of the first frame in the last. Is that really nature's artwork? That niggle aside, I love the sense of toning and the overall composition, and the impressionist-landscape feel to this. Clever stuff - but just a touch too manipulated for my taste.
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 11/16/2005 05:02:56 PM
Cold and beautiful.
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 11/15/2005 11:48:06 PM
very artsy. i like it a lot.
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 11/15/2005 09:48:13 PM
Hmmm, here's another creative application. mirroring left/right panels. I like it. The B&W transfer is well done too. 7
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 11/15/2005 05:00:10 AM
I like this one. Unfortunatly I can not vote yet.
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 11/14/2005 06:11:44 PM
this looks like a charcoal drawing, it's very interesting, I only wish the third frame was something a little different, less symmetrical
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 11/14/2005 03:59:08 PM
5 - Another shot which I am sure looks much better bigger. Very nice - what I can discern. Criticism; although the copy/flip of 1/3 works well here, I wonder if there may have been more simple beauty framing with just the original, but a different shot then, plus, would also depend how much space you had on the left to incorporate / arrange or not. The toning works but again, especially with losing so much detail, whether leaving the colors may have given this a boost at this size.
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 11/14/2005 02:02:24 PM
The crack in the ice is just stunning. The mood of the overall image reminds me of a Arthur Rackham, though the "tree" reminds me of an inking by another artist i can't think to name.
Anyways, very moody and beautiful.
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 11/14/2005 03:27:05 AM
This is exceptionally nice & pure. Very Westonesque feel to it. I hope the site likes it as well as I do, but I suspect it's a lost cause. We'll see...
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 11/14/2005 12:48:45 AM
i love this...great mystery. my fav so far.....can't wait to have it explained b/c something tells me its not what it appears, but hell, its kick ass!
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